Knowledge is Power For Constance Marie
 Alison Dyer for PEOPLE for use on CBB |
When she was still an expectant mother, Constance Marie did her homework — and then some! “I studied more for having a baby than I did for the SATs,” the 40-year-old actress tells Us Weekly. “I took every single class you could possibly take; I took CPR…I took baby care…I read every book.”
Although some moms are content to let instinct be their guide, Constance — who welcomed daughter Luna Marie, 7 months, in February — took a different approach. She explains,
“I did everything possible because I wanted every ounce of knowledge that I could possibly have.”
It didn’t take Constance long to learn “how many things trigger danger,” and she says that together with fiancé Kent Katich, baby-proofing is high on their list of priorities. “We just keep anything that could poke her, pinch her, or hurt her — in any way — away from her,” she explains.
The couple have already done their part to make Luna’s immediate surroundings as safe as possible, however, with a top-to-bottom eco-friendly nursery. “In my research I found out that the nursery can be one of the most toxic rooms in the house, because the carpet is new, the paint is new, the furniture is new,” she notes.
“There is stuff to worry about and you can make yourself crazy, but as long as you’ve taken every precaution that you possibly can, you can’t do any better than that.”
The couple’s favorite family time is dinner. “Luna sits in the middle [of the table] on a changing pad, with a pacifier in her mouth,” Constance describes with a smile, “looking to one side as Kent is eating, and then at me as I’m eating, and she sits there [sucking and staring].”
The best part of motherhood, however, are Luna’s toothless grins. “When she smiles it doesn’t matter how much sleep I haven’t gotten, it doesn’t matter how poopy her diapers are, it doesn’t matter anything because she loves me and I love her and I’ve never experienced anything like it,” Constance raves.
Source: Us Weekly
– Missy
- Posted on Sep 16, 09 at 1:30PM
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September 16th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I so agree with Constance 100% in the last paragraph!
September 16th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Yeah, a baby could have ransacked your sleep and be the crankiest thing known to man and then hit you with that smile, and everything else melts away in that moment.
And wild guess, but with her sitting in the middle of the table, I think Constance and Kent are pretty much letting everyone know who the center of their universe is: Little Luna.
And hey, I find nothing wrong with being prepared in every way for the baby the way she got herself prepared before Luna’s arrival. I think I might follow in her footsteps…
September 17th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Her extreme research and concerns about her baby makes me wonder if she had a natural(unmedicated) childbirth. The more I learned the more I desired to do it unmedicated.
September 17th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
@ Val, if you want some more resources on unmedicated birth you can visit my website at site:http://www.birthyourway.org. Click on the links and resources page.
I agree with her last paragraph as well. My two youngest sons were driving me crazy this morning, the 16month old got into crayons and wrote all over the table, the 4yr old was yelling at the baby, etc. And then when things calmed down, as I was cleaning the mess, my 4yr old looks up at me and says: “Mom, being a mommy is hard work. I love you”. My heart just melted.
September 17th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Val she had a csection.
I love baby smiles too they just make you melt in an instant.
September 18th, 2009 at 7:38 am
people are so different. research into this and that and baby-proofing etc bored me no end.
I had a drug free water birth by accident (got into the bath and didn’t ever get out really) and my baby proofing efforts consisted of watching my husband put some plastic plugs in the electric sockets one afternoon.